Pangea

What is geology?

• The scientific study of water

• How people moved around the world

• The scientific study of the Earth’s physical structure

  (land, rocks, resources)

• The study of fish and other animals

What is Pangea?

• The name of the geologist that studied the Earth

• A country in the Western Hemisphere

• The name of the boats that people traveled on to get around the world

• A super continent that was made up of all of the continents

How long ago were the continents connected?

• 65 million years ago

• 145 million years ago

• 200 million years ago

• 250 million years ago

Which option is NOT evidence that supported Pangea?

• The same fossils were found in different continents

• The continents are separated by water

• The same rocks were found in different continents

• Continental Drift

Why is Alfred Wegener important?

• He studied the Earth and discovered Continental Drift

• He traveled around the Earth in search of fossils

• He was the first person to fly a plane around the Earth

• He discovered America